Starting with Don Newcombe in 1956, many monster pitchers won the Cy Young Award. Who will have the best Cy Young Award season of all time?
Major League Baseball’s official website MLB.com announced the rankings of 126 players on the 17th (Korea time), from Newcom in 1956 to Garrett Cole and Blake Snell this year.
According to the report, “Alien” Pedro Martinez dominated the first and second places. 1999, which shocked the Major League Baseball, came in first and 2000 came in second.
Martinez pitched 213 1/3 innings in 31 games for the Boston Red Sox in 1999, posting a 23-4 record with a 2.07 ERA. There were 313 strikeouts.
This performance shocked the major leagues even though Martinez was a pitcher who had already won the Cy Young Award once in 1997.
Additionally, Martinez boasted a monster-like performance for two consecutive years in 2000, with an ERA of 1.74 and 284 strikeouts. The adjusted book average of 291 was the highest ever.
Bob Gibson in 1968, who recorded an ERA of 1.12 that has not yet been broken, ranked third, and Dwight Gooden in 1985 ranked fourth.
Randy Johnson’s 2001, in which he won the Cy Young Award for the third consecutive year with 372 strikeouts, ranked fifth. Johnson won the Cy Young Award for four consecutive years until 2002.
Also, Roger Clemens in 1997, Steve Carlton in 1972, Sandy Koufax in 1965, Johnson in 2002, and Greg Maddux in 1995 ranked 6th to 10th.
Among active players, Jacob deGrom ranked highest at 16th in 2018. De Grom earned his first Cy Young Award with his earned run average of 1.70. 스포츠토토
Cole and Snell, the main characters of this season, ranked 62nd and 95th, respectively, and Newcomb, who won his first Cy Young Award in 1956, ranked 70th.
The lowest ranking, 126th, was Steve Bedrosian’s 1987. At the time, he appeared in 65 games in relief, recording 40 saves and a 2.83 earned run average.